Hello all,
I have a very old house that originally had clapboard siding on it.
It was covered (no idea when) with that fiber cement board siding. There was about 50 or so busted tiles that needed to be replaced, so I was thinking about tearing it all off and installing Vinyl siding. That was until I found 4 bundles of tiles in the attic. Read the packaging and sure enough it was full of asbestos. I've read asbestos is extremely expensive to dispose of and you need a licensed/certified pro do handle it, at least in Il. So I just replaced all the busted tiles but now it needs a fresh coat of paint to look nice.
My questions are,
1)Is there is any out of the ordinary prep work that needs to be done to this stuff before painting? Will it need to be primed first?
I've read a little about this stuff and it apparently takes paint well, but I keep reading conflicting articles about primer and how well it will take paint.
2)I have a power washer and plan to wash the siding before all of this, but will using a power washer disturb any of the asbestos fibers? As I understand it, the asbestos is perfectly safe as long as it is not
busted up/airborne/inhaled.
If a power washer is safe to use, is a simple general purpose cleaner good enough? Or just straight water?
Thanks for any advice and/or tips
Dave
I have a very old house that originally had clapboard siding on it.
It was covered (no idea when) with that fiber cement board siding. There was about 50 or so busted tiles that needed to be replaced, so I was thinking about tearing it all off and installing Vinyl siding. That was until I found 4 bundles of tiles in the attic. Read the packaging and sure enough it was full of asbestos. I've read asbestos is extremely expensive to dispose of and you need a licensed/certified pro do handle it, at least in Il. So I just replaced all the busted tiles but now it needs a fresh coat of paint to look nice.
My questions are,
1)Is there is any out of the ordinary prep work that needs to be done to this stuff before painting? Will it need to be primed first?
I've read a little about this stuff and it apparently takes paint well, but I keep reading conflicting articles about primer and how well it will take paint.
2)I have a power washer and plan to wash the siding before all of this, but will using a power washer disturb any of the asbestos fibers? As I understand it, the asbestos is perfectly safe as long as it is not
busted up/airborne/inhaled.
If a power washer is safe to use, is a simple general purpose cleaner good enough? Or just straight water?
Thanks for any advice and/or tips
Dave